Here is your room Grizzly.

Oh my goodness! It's my Grizzly bear!

*runs in and runs around all excited*

*Peeks in*

also, second!!!!!!!!!

heheheh, we robbed the Grizzly of the first postie :)

Now he's gonna eat us! D:

Look at what you two have done to my room!  I only get post #5!

Ahem...well I suppose that I could eat you both but I think that you'd both be a bit too spicy for my tastes.  :)

Zoey!  Sue!  Good to see you again!

*Hugs*

*Hugglies her Grizzly bear*

Hehe, yes, good to see you again too!

*Huggles Zoey*

And here I was all worried that you'd just up and disappeared on us.  I was all ready to go searching for you and everything.  I even brought cookies to try and lure you back.  :)

*frowns*

Awwww, I sorry. I've just been busy with school and working and now in the process of moving, but I should have plenty of time now! Hehe.

*Snuggles up to both Zoey and Grizzly*

I missed you too, the old place was so silent...

Well maybe this place will be louder, haha.

*Tickles DZ*

hehe

I hope this place is louder. The old social network was real quiet in it's last few months. It seemed like there were only three of us left.

*laughs from the tickles*

Well I was just really busy and I was dealing a lot of drama and lots of bullying going on, so I just never felt like getting on.

Don't worry about it Zoey. Real life comes first, and we understand that. Sorry you had that stuff in your life though.

Oh thank you. But I'm in the process of moving, so I'll be away from it now. :]

Bullying?!  Who dares to bully you?  Point them out to me and I'll eat them.

*Points on a map to Juneau, Alaska, U.S.A*

Right there. All those people who live there. Go eat'em! :D

Alaska?  Perfect.  I have lots of furry relatives up there.  It'll look like your average everyday wild Bear posse descending upon a gaggle of mean humans.  It happens all the time I'm sure.

Let me go and make some phone calls.  :)

*jumps for joy*

Horray! Justice will be served! :D

...so tired...

from eating all of Alaska?

So yeah, I've been away from all of this for a bit.  Life got really busy during the last few months, sort of a mix of busy good and busy bad, and I've had to curtail most of my activity on RPOL.

Anyways, hope that everyone had a great holiday, whichever one you celebrate.  I'll wish everyone a pre-emptive Happy New Year as well since I doubt that I'll be back on before then.

Cheers all.  :)

*hugs*

Rawr... don't worry... I think we'll still be here when you come back... I hope...

just deal with the good busy stuff and squash the bad busy stuff!

So after a few weeks of driving all over the place to visit family and having my computer time cut down to almost nothing, now I have to get caught up.

Anyone gone to see the remake of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo?  I saw that over my little vacation.  Not sure if it was really worth all the hype but it was enjoyable.  I have to wonder why they really needed to remake it since the original movie came out only 3 years ago.

Hollywood needed to make money... I think...

I haven't seen either the film or the original... but I've got it on my ever increasing list of films to watch...

we've been told it's cause few americans have the patience to read subtitles, so they don't watch subtitled movies...

so they had to re-make it to make more money from the lazy watchers..

also, no I haven't watched the re-make yet, but it's said to be more book-faithful, which I doubt, cause if they were.. the rating would have to be like 18... and above..

I feel like reading the book more than watching the film... though I'm reading something else right now...

so I just watched the americanized version of 'låt den rätta komma in' in english: 'let the right one in' as written by John Ajvide Lindqvist

he's a swede, the book he wrote was placed in sweden, the americanized movie, re-placed it to new mexico...

gah, this was a bad choice, I went nuts with all the little details they had to switch cause the place they choose to film it in, had no trains.. gah...

I've heard it was bad... and was told not to watch it... because the original is better...

the original is a hundred times better...

one could actually see it happen for real, the americanized one... too much action and unneccessary drama...

I found unnecessary drama to be a big part of life... action on the other hand is not... either that or my supowerpowers package is late...

Heh, I would like to get one those superpower packages but I think it would get lost in the mail.

so many things do... usually it's the DVDs I rent...

They still have a lot rental places where you live? Most of the places round here got shut down. Disappointing.

I think the Blockbuster on one street got closed... but the rental place that sends DVDs by mail is still operational... recently they let subscribers stream their films on Xbox Live too...

renting?

you old fashioned, one streams all nowadays..

it's a combo pack... you get both since not all titles are available for streaming... and well, if I can stream, I'm just going to forget about watching a film... when I have a DVD lying there on my Xbox, I'm going to find the time to watch it...

I need to finish watching Citizen Kane, for instance...

Yeah I can get where your coming from Vampir. I don't have a stream on netflix or anything but I know people who do. Most of them still like to buy DVDs.

what is this netflix you talk about?

if one pays for it, one watches it, but I stream, I don't pay.... silly gooses pay for streamed movies...

Netflix is this American thing... I don't know how it works exactly but Wikipedia should be more aware of it...

and well... streaming for free is considered in the same vein as downloading for free... it is evil and the entertainment industry wants to make a prison for you...

oh well...

if SOPA is voted into existance, life will sure be dull...

even prison will be more interesting

ah yes... that thing...

we need more happy subjects...

It's kinda hard to forget about it though. If this goes through it's gonna hurt.

well... not living in the US, there's little I can actually do...

it's sad how something, the USA is trying to vote in, to protect their money...

will make the whole world go insane from boredom

yeah... it sucks...

It's old way thinking.  The big companies can't figure out how to make sense of the internet so they try and lock everything down.

the big companies can go sit in a bushel of hay for all I care...

they'll loose so much more money if it's voted in.. but oh well...

I don't think they'd notice... they have this strange selective perception where they only believe in what's on their nose and everything else is non-existent...

*knocks at the door*

*clears throat*

(I figure it wouldn't be best to just barge in, what with a gun on the hip and all.)

Whoa.  What's this?  Politeness?  Manners?

We've stepped into the Twilight Zone.  :)

Hiya Bigehauser.

Yes. Of course manners.  I can't let loose with the grab-assery immediately, what with you being...a bear?!  Yes, a bear, and all.

*Steps through the threshold of the door of Grizzly's room, still trying to comprehend a talking, hind led walking bear*

Eherm.  I am afraid I am just leaving the Twilight Zone actually. I should be away from this Asian desert wasteland fairly soon.  Though, I will be back soon enough, I am sure of it. Therein lies the life of a soldier.

soldiers are awesome, sad about the not really being allowed to choose where to fight, and who, but the fact that they fight for their country, is just so awesome, but that's just my personal opinion, some don't share it, which I find weird... but oh well.. we can't have everything

Okay, so I made some notes on ways to start a conversation.  I wrote them down on these little cards...

*Spills cards all over the thread*

...drat...

OW!  MY EYE!  PAPERCUT!!!!

Still, you can't go wrong with 3X5 index cards.   I'm thinking about breaking them out as I prepare to give a wedding toast saturday.

Ah yes, the wedding speech.  I've done those.

I seem to be better at giving funeral speeches, as sad as that sounds.

*smiles*  Well, not to be mean, but at least in a funeral speech there's one less person to offend?

I just hope that my brother in law and his new wife don't hate me for it.

One way to find out, eh?

(luckily I live out of state)

sooo...

I've been working my ass off...

how's you guys?

Been doing the same.  I had a long weekend and had to catch up on what I missed the rest of the week.

I volunteered for a Kids Triathlon this morning.  It was kind of neat to watch.  I didn't do much other than make sure that none of the kids skidded off the course at this one turn, but it was fun to watch.

I'm currently in Alaska, helping out with my brother in law's wedding.  I'm exhausted but too wired to sleep, and the lighted sky at midnight isn't helping.  I'll probably crash soon, though.   My brother in law's place only has cheap internet, so it's slower than death.

so... if you ever get to play a game against death, to save your life..

You'd play on that computer and somehting really internet-y, like WoW...

And see how many more hours you gain from just, playing

Or I'll just do it on a dail up connection, so Death gets so frustrated he lets me live just so he can get on with the rest of his existance.

Except that in order to BE Death, he/she would have to be:
1) Quadrillions upon quadrillions of entities
2) Omnipotent + omnipotent
3) near-1 or near2 and able to stop/drastically slow time

Even that's not enough to deal with Dial-up.

Erhm, scratch that I meant "omniscient + omnipotent".

But yeah. Dial up. LOL.

*grins*  I figured that's what you mean, but 'being omnipotent twice' is pretty good, too.

hmm, how does one roleplay death?

Would there be many versions of deaths in the same game, how would one roleplay that?

Does deaths have weaknesses?

If the prophet Terry Pratchett has taught us anything, Death is pretty laid back, but is a hard working regular guy.

His weakness is being distracted by random bits of drama and human interest.

ooooooooooooooooooooooooh

Terry Pratchett!!!!!

I love his ideas on religion "everyone ends up where they think they should, so all natives should kill missionaries on sight to make sure they never hear about this thing called 'hell'"

Or however he put it... I don't quite remember, need to reread some of the books

I just put a bunch of his quotes in the Quote thread.   He's just amazing.

I haven't read a Pratchett book in ages, but I love his humour.

There was a role playing game called Star Riders that had a character in it who was the avatar of perfection.  It was really just used to show GM's how to deal with power mad players but it sounded so cool.  The character could never get a date because any girl that he approached would get so worked up that she would faint before he said anything.  The character had trouble repairing anything because any item that he worked on had a tendency to be repaired so well that it gained sentience and went off to find its' purpose it life.

That's amazing. I like Pratchett's work, but I never heard of Star Riders.

oh, sounds awesome

poor thing, he sorta ruined it for himself

I was digging through some old books of mine and I found one that I had completely forgotten about.  It's a Terry Pratchett Discworld novel that I actually had signed by Terry Pratchett.  I knew that I'd met him somewhere but it was so long ago that I wasn't sure.  Now I have proof.

Very cool!   I'm very jealous.

You're Very Jealous?

I thought you were Nuric.

It's my birth name:  Very Jealous Nuric.    I'm named after my grandfather.

so you're junior jealous?

wait, junior Nuric...

ah, too early in the morning to come up with funnies, damn

I am, officially, Very Jealous Nuric III, Esquire, DFA.

Or something involving the Caps Lock key on my keyboard.   :)

But you can all call me Nuric.

Man, I need a longer name now.

Grizzly the Fabulous Knight of Shining Armor Holder of the White Stead and Slave of the Goddess

isn't long enough?

Too humble for Grizzly.

damn

then we do need a new name for him

I think that name is humble enough for the greatness of Grizzly.

hmm...

But we need to add the honey and the bees to the grizzleh yet

How about "Grizzly the Killer Pooh"?

well...

*Hands toilet-paper*

One can misunderstand it...

Yep. Poor guy.   It's all that honey, after all.  :)

*Swims in Honey*

Hmmmmm.....nice and sticky.   Just like I likes it.

Well

It is sticky yes

and tastes aweful

Hey, you got a CuteSue in my honey.

*Licks CuteSue*

And a Nuric too.

*Licks Nuric*

Mmm.  Humans dipped in honey.  Tasty.  I don't suppose that you'd both like to stay for dinner?

I'm always free for dinner.   And breakfast.

Hmm, would that dinner entail, you eating us?

Sorry  I don't have a tail.   You'll have to settle for some good thighs and some ribs.
I'm a gamer, though, so you know I'm plenty tender, like veal.

Mmm...veal.

But if you're a gamer, would that make you taste...gamey?  :)

*grins*   You'd think that, but.....no.

But I taste much better when I'm diced.

Why hunt big game when one can dice...

Dice aren't as tasty. ;)

Depends on what you roll.   Crits are delicious.

well, the crits be nice, but the almost made it, is tastier, cause of the panic :)

I've never acquired the taste for panic, sadly.  I prefer something less spicy.

I like spicy

but am almost addicted to salty...

I'm a wimp about spicy.  But salty and sweet is always good.

salty and sour :)

the sourer the better

I'm okay with a bit of sour, bit I like to actually enjoy the taste of my food.   ;)

I like spicy foods myself, but within reason of course.  A little kicks fine but I dont need my mouth or...other parts...burning up.

Pain is not a flavor.   Just sayin'.

sugar actually intensifies tastes of food...

but it feels odd to use it in something that isn't dessert, so no one believes me..

*Pouts*

I can believe it.  Since Sweet has it's own spot on the tongue, adding Sweet to another flavor can enhance it.
My mother used to eat tomato slices with sugar on them.
And down here in Texas, fried egg sandwiches are popular, and lots of people put jelly on them.
S

jelly?

what's jelly?

Jelly as in Grape or Strawberry jelly, kind of like jam or preserves.

Fried egg and jelly?  Never heard of that before.  I must lead a sheltered culinary life.

Then again, I'm still trying to get used to the idea of steak for breakfast...

Both are big in Texas, especially amongst the country folks.

oh

We don't do jelly over here...

and for breakfast we have bread.. or porridge if one has to have somehting other than bread...

I chose to not eat breakfast

Over here in Texas, breakfast has as much variety as the other meals, practically.

Pancakes and waffles, toast as thick as most sandwiches, grits, oatmeal, and eggs however you want them, not to mention all the meats we have to choose from, from bacon and sausage to ham and even steak.

And that doesn't even include breakfast burritos, breakfast tacos, and other mexican delights.

breakfast tacos?

I only eat that when I'm out of ideas..

it's so hard to make and messy to eat

When you use soft taco shells, it works pretty well, as long as you don't overload them.
And the cheese holds it together.

soft.. as in tortilla shells?

and I'm allergic to milk, so no cheese for me

Yes, soft tortilla shells.   And you can make them without cheese, rest assured.   There are plenty of other ingrediants to choose from.  :)

Pft...hard shells are better. :p

@Sue: I'm also allergic to milk.
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A good warm crunchy shell is good for regular tacos, but I prefer the soft shells for breakfast tacos.

Isn't it a burrito then? ;)

Only if they're completely covered.  If they're open on top (or for soft tacos, the side), then they're tacos.

Granted, the differences between different Mexican dishes are on par with the differences between various types of Italian dishes.

I'll have to lend my support to soft taco shells.  I use them for breakfast burritos.

They don't really hold up all that well with burgers.

You need to have a long slice of burger in the tortilla, or something ground up.  :)

Breakfast burritos are certainly  more popular, though.

^^^Well yeah but they pretty much taste the same.

 Why would you want a burger in a taco shell though? What is the point, it is the same kind of meat?

*smiles*  True, there are only subtle differences.   Mexican food is like Italian food that way.

But some ground beef in a taco is good, and an actual burger, maybe cut into strips, can be delicious in a taco shell.  It's more of a tactile thing, more than a flavor thing.

or then one uses chicken

long stripes of chicken

^That does taste good.

Chicken works.   :)

well... do they get wages for said work?

Yes, but it's only a poultry amount.   :)

poor poor poultry

Yes, working for chicken feed.  very sad.

should feed them with corn

There's a kernal of truth to that.

Emergency vacation time.  Need to get away from work for a bit.  See you all in a week.

We'll miss you, but have a good time.

Have a good vacation.

*Sits waiting for Grizzly to return*

*Munches pop-corn*

Grizzly will be back before you know it.  :)

well, apparently

as I'll probably will be offline when he does arrive back

No problem.   You'll be back eventually.   Just because some of us are rpol junkies, we don't expect everyone to be.  *smiles*

well, I used to be an addict

But I only do freeform, and well, there aren't any freeform games active right now, or for the last year and a half...

I just don't like rules..

I like both kinds, but there are too many players who try to abuse the lack of rules or go wild, either with "a smartass character who abuses everyone" or "a megagod who can beat up everyone".   It takes a strong and attentive GM to run a freeform game well.

Yeah, I know...

I once tried to do GMing, but I wasn't attentive enough, and a god-modder got in, and meah...

I play overly weak characters, as in, I don't wanna fall in the god-modding trap

*yawns.*

*rolls over*

*goes back to sleep*

In reply to CuteSue (msg # 148):

I have a bad habit of wanting to be the most powerful character in a freeform game.  I say it's to keep others from being obnoxious bullies, and I've done that a few times, but I also don't like others trying to dictate my actions.

But "power" like that can corrupt anyone.   A GM in a freeform game has got to be attentive and consistant, or it's like a bunch of little kids playing pretend, with each of them claiming to be the winner.


Still, GMing can be fun, if you've got a good story in your head, and can change it to accomodate the players.

Don't worry, my friend, we'll tell you when winter's over.  :)

In reply to Grizzly (msg # 149):

*pokes the fuzzy-ball*

ah, but you see, I hate rules

and it's hard to keep up rules when one hates them... So yeah, I'm not GM-material is all

*chuckles*

Well, rules are more fun when you can say what they are.

I understand wanting more control over your characters, though.   Rules can be limiting, but sometimes limits challenge our creativity.

So I'm sort of back.  Note the lack of fanfare, no trumpets announcing my return.  :)

Now I just need to get back in the writing mindset.  So many games to catch up on.

Let's see, what are we discussing here?  Rules versus freeform?

Hmm.  I'm sort of on the fence with both.  I like freeform for the creativity that it can afford but there's little to prevent players from getting ridiculous with characters.  I like flawed characters, flavourful rather than powerful, otherwise you run into the Superman problem.

On the other hand, I don't mind some rules or systems in a game.  They can be stifling sometimes but at least you know that not everyone is going to be stupidly over powered.  Of course I learned through my RL gaming group that I hate doing all the prep work for games.  I don't want to spend hours putting together character sheets or vehicle designs for something that the group might either kill, blow up or completely ignore.

Welcome back, my friend, if only for a moment.  *smiles*

But no worries.  I totally understand taking a break, and am sort of doing the same myself.

I think a good GM can do either, and make either fun for the players.   And rules are good for beginning players, especially.

Well, freeform has rules, they just don't have stats and dice

or well, if the GM has made stats and throws dice and just tells us we win or loose, and/or to kill or just maim..

I'm just a pretty little player, with a knack for player powerful characters without going all, god on everyone's asses

and

FUZZBALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have no idea what you just said, but I support it 100%.

Yes, Freeform is more about crafting a story, and Rules Gaming is more about the game and building the character.  More or less.   These things mix in a good game, though.

Cute!!

...I mean...

Sue!!

I like throwing in random dice rolls for free form games sometimes.  Character is trying to climb a wall.  Roll some dice and let's see just how successful or graceful they are at it.

True, I've done that as well.   Perception rolls and such, when i'm on the fence about whether or not the pc could have done something or not.

meeep meeeeep mupp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIV4poUZAQo

briiing me a shrubbery!!!!!!

also, it's just a flesh-wound

*looks at limb on floor*

I knew you were a classy lady.   :)

me classy?

and a lady?

I think you might need to have you eyes checked, I'm no such thing

I'm a chica :)

In reply to CuteSue (msg # 164):

It's the internet.   You can be whatever you want to be.   :)

I could go for a nice root beer float, two scoops vanilla, one scoop chocolate, chilled but not too cold and served in a tall glass with a spoon/Straw.

*Looks around the internet*

????

Do I have to download something or....

In reply to Grizzly (msg # 166):

Yew, you need to download the "dessert app" from "Badideas.com".   Then put a scoop of ice cream on your cd player.

*gets bucket of popcorn*

I suppose, he did iiiit

I mean, what's tye worst thing that can happen, right?

hmm, his ice-cream melts and he doesn't get any?

what??  NOOOOOOO!!!!  That's a nightmare!!!

NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

Not my melty ice cream!  Oh how cruel are the fates to torment me so.

I think the fates are lactose intolerance.

ooooh, they are?

*Feeds ice-cream to the fates*

Sue, you do NOT want the Fates to get gassy.  It's not good for anyone.

Meah, I'll hide behind Destiny

They can't reach me

Yes, but doing that annoys Destiny, and you don't want him annoyed at you.  :)

Ahem.

Excuse me you two but I'm not through being all dramatic here.

Darn.  Now I can't remember where I was.

*Gets out popcorn bucket and a chair*

Do continue being dramatic

No!!!  She got popcorn in the ice cream!!!!!

but...

popcorn is amazing in ice-cream!!!!!

*Om noms a lot*

Bleh!!!!   Too soggy!

okay

have popcorn in chocolate then

*hands chocolate bar*

*laughs*  Also weird.

I'll take my Popcorn with salt and butter, like The Flying Spagetti Monster intended.

I thought the flying spaghetti montsre intended us to eat only pasta meatballs for the rest of our existance?

In reply to CuteSue (msg # 185):

Goodness no, my dear.  His Noodly Goodness intends for us to live our lives full of love and joy.  :)

oooh, then I like that spaghetti monster, as long as he/she/it, doesn't tell me to drop all the other believes as to follow a silly book

Books are just books, not the words of god, it's just gods fan-clubs words and some of them fan clubs be odd...

I can haz fun now?

the day has been hell and torture rolled into one

In reply to CuteSue (msg # 187):

His Noodly Goodness wants nothing more than for you to have fun.

I'm kind of a Born Again Atheist, so I understand what you mean.

Whoa.  Hold on there.  Are we allowed to talk religion here?  :)

In reply to Grizzly (msg # 189):

*chuckles*  probably not.   Sorry, I'll be good.

LOL.  It doesn't really matter to me.  I was always reading the edgier posts in the Community forum.  Some of them were actually pretty interesting, once you eliminated the idiots.

Well, as long as I'm here, we'll always have at leat one idiot.   :)

well, religion is a topic like all else, but so many feel so strong about it, so I'm sure it is a topic that has been cautioned against to discuss

so yes, let's discuss something else

has anyone seen he americanized version of sherlock holmes in modern day new york?
Elementary is the tv-series called

it stomps on my nervs as a huge fan of the books, but it's much better than the movies, that I see as a huge joke

What did you think of the Robert Downey Jr. movies? Or have you seen those?

I enjoyed the movies, though I see them as one interpretation of the classics, sort of more of a 'what if'.

It's like any other 'remake' where someone puts a new spin on something.

I'm okay with a new look at a classic, as long as it's good. :)

I meant to watch Elementary, but I'm behind on my tv watching as it is (ironically due to rpol, mostly *grins*)

I'm almost a beginner Sherlock nerd.

I watched the UK show Sherlock and thought that it was pretty good.  The Robert Downey Jr movies were enjoyable and ones that I could watch over and over again.

So in light of this, I did watch Elementary.  I kind of liked it.  I've only read A Study in Scarlet so I'm only a little familiar with the Sherlock character.  The addiction angle I'm not so sure about, nor making Watson a recovery companion.  Seems like a bit of a waste.

Well the book Sherlock is a manchauvinist that see women as only causing problems, he is addicted to opium, but Watson only cares that he won't over do it, as he is brilliant as he is, so the elementary, Sherlock and the Robert Downey Jr movies have all one thing wrong, and that is the character Irene Adler...

Sherlock didn't fall in love with her, he hardly knew her, she just succeded in outwitting him in the books, which made her more than just a damsel in distress, she was a woman to respect.

But yeah, they do make the mysteries and the murders mysterious enough, so I like to watch them, the love-triangle thing is just odd, but if it has to be, then it has to be

*smiles*  Like any iconic and historic character, it's inevitable that Sherlock Holmes would get imagined and re-imagined by multiple people in multiple ways.

The movie "Without a Clue" was one of my favorite versions, to be honest.  :)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096454/

Totally turned in on its head, but very enjoyable.

What are some good Sherlock holmes books to read?

I'm not sure if I've read any, at least not in many years.   The classics, like "The Hound of Baskerville" and such are probably the best, though.

all of them!!!!

I love Sherlock Holmes, so much that I went to London to look at the house-museum they had build. It's awesome :)

Sadly they didn't have his hat for sale, only Watson's Apparently sold out that day


I need one of them hats, aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!!!!!!!!

Um....so I guess you're a bit of a fan, then?   *chuckles*

I forgot about visiting Holmes house when I was in London.  Darn, I guess I'll just have to go back.

I just started reading the last book in the Wheel of Time series and it's been so long since I read the book before, I'm trying to remember what happened before.  So many characters and plots.

I read the first book, but it wasn't for me.  I'm glad you like it, though.

The series was long, sometimes I though it was too long.  Actually I don't know which is worse, Wheel of Time or Song of Ice and Fire.  I like both series but...

Both were almost too complex and filled with a jumble of characters, though Fire and Ice seems to go out of its way to say "Don't get too attached to anyone, fanboy!!"

Anyone catch the Supermoon last night?

I watched in the video.  I was indoors too much for work.

It's funny how vacations can make you even more tired than work.  :)

*grins*   I've rarely come back from vacation where I didn't think:
"I need a vacation to recover from my vacation!"

Traveling and running around doing things is very exhausting.   :)

Vacation is supposed to be, chill for a few days, then go travelling, and then chill for a few days, then back to work

and yes, I am a huge fan of Sherlock Holmes, have always been, will always be

Sadly I saw that they'd screwed up the time-line on one of the post-cards for sale in the museum, as if Sherlock Holmes had Moriarty as a teacher when he was a boy

Or then, I have missed the story where they took that up, but I have read everyone, translated thought, so they might have screwed up the translation, but still

Personally I've been working for 3 at work, one has been at vacation, one has been sick and boss has been, not there... So now I have stress-neck, and on heavy-medication to sort it out

I'm sorry work has been stressful.   Mine wasn't that bad this week, though I was busy last night.  But I'm off for the next four days, so all is well.

I am on heavy medication to make it all better

so I'm happy, and so is those pretty birdies that follow me everywhere

*chuckles*   All my meds are boring, but I've got Rpol, so all is good.

Over the last hour, I've lost power in my apartment 4 times.  Luckily, I was doing my work on a laptop so I didn't lose anything but it was still damn annoying to lose my connection to the companies VPN as my internet access went down.

:(

Ouch!  I'm sorry to hear it, my friend.    Our router has been a bit fuzzy at times, so it's been annoying to have to reboot at least once a day.

Computers are such a luxurious convenience, but have become such a necessity.  It's a bit bizarre, really.

And there goes number 5.

It's odd because I've been having power issues for the last four days.  I'd wake up in the morning and all my clocks would be flashing.  Good thing I use my iphone as my alarm or I would have been late for work every day this week.

Four days??  Wow.  That's kind of scary.   I'm glad you don't have any critical medical equipment in the house, like breathing equipment.

The weird thing is that the power must have gone out very early morning.

Except for today that is.

Maybe a call to the landlord is in order?

Maybe.

I'll talk to the building tomorrow and see what's going on.

Do you know if it's just your building?

And there's number six.

I think that it is just my building.  I can see the local mall outside of my window and it has kept its lights.  No flickering there.

And number 7.

I probably wouldn't care too much if it wasn't for the fact that I'm working.

Sounds like something's going to explode soon.   I'm tempted to say that you shouldn't sleep tonight, in case something catches fire.

(and despite the late hour, perhaps a call to the landlord now might be good)

And 8.

I'm going to sleep.  The Gremlins will have to wait until tomorrow/today to torment me further.

Have a good night, my friend.  and good luck.

*Pokes Grizzly*

The electricity going, it might be water in the electrical thingies, call landlord as soon as you see me poking at you

or something chewing at the wires

*Looks worried*

Yes, your goddess has emotions

*smiles cautiously*  Yes, my friend.  Please check in to let us know that your building didn't burn down in the night.

*is more worried*

I'm glad you're okay, Grizzly.   I'm sorry to sound paranoid, but electricity is a bit of a phobia for me.

The building sent out an email the next day admitting that they were having problems.  It was fixed.

I have a proper fear of electricity after working part time doing high voltage maintenance.  The safety videos that they use to put the fear of electrical injuries into us workers were gruesome.  Forget the torture porn movies, watching time lapsed video of someones foot rotting away because of an electrical burn was worse.

I wasn't concerned though.  I live right across the street from a fire station.  :)

Thanks for the concern though.

*hugs*

Excellent.   I'm very happy everything turned out okay.

I've had house-level electricity pass through my heart cause of faulty wiring, it's permanently damaged, but still beating

and yes, so happy you okay

*Huddles into bear-pelt*

Ouch!  I'm sorry you got hurt, Sue.   I hope you're still doing well.

Yikes.  Sorry to hear that Sue.

If you want, maybe we can go search for the Wizard, the Great and Powerful Oz.  He can give you a new heart and I could use a new brain.

I'll take the courage, then.   Or a nice new pair of ruby slippers.

Or a cat instead of some goofy yappy dog.

Have to share this page.  It is just too funny.

http://www.asphaltandrubber.co...seducative-manigale/

*smiles*    Thus proving the old adage: "Women's bodies are lovely and beautiful, and Men's bodies are hairy and lumpy and should not be seen by light of day."


But I get your point.  It's very silly to insult the viewer by covering up your actual product with T&A.   It's basically saying that your product has nothing by itself to appeal to you.

Though I suppose the 'sex sells' bit is so ingrained that anyone who doesn't use it might as well not do ads.

Happy Holidays, folks.  :)

I've got lots of snow here so I'm totally rocking the White Christmas.

It's a chilly 60 degrees here in Texas.   So I'm rocking the Green Christmas.  :)

We have rain in Finland, please send snow?

Aaaaaaand, why don't the bikes fall over? (Is it odd that I don't care about men or women, just that physically the bikes should fall)

and well, I am sorry I disappeared for an eternity, needed time to gather myself up from the mind blast

We're bouncing around from between just below 0 Celsius to up nearly 20 Celsius.  It's not a horrible winter, but the temperature fluctuations are making us all very sick and exhausted.

My relatives in Maine are suffering under snow and ice, though.  Please help yourself.

Last year this time we had so much snow it was easier to swim in it than walk

this year we swim, in water...

It could stop raining now, we've had enough already

Yes, it's hard to have a nice day that far north.  I remember it well.

Nice days feel extra awesome when they do happen thought

as in I suspect nice days in Caribia is just another day

I drove up to visit some relatives in Canada over the holidays.  I drove up in a snowfall, bundled up for -40 celsius days, survived a record breaking ice storm and another snow fall.

Then I come home and upon hearing that everyone is panicking over an impending snowstorm and freezing temperatures, surprisingly I felt like "Oh good.  More snow."  :)

I'm trying not to whine about our temperatures that get to about 0 Celsius, give or take, but it's hard.  Though I know many internet people who'll smack me if I do.

I want snow, send snow!!!!!!!!!!

*Order snow from all internet shops possible*

it has to come some snow, it has been horrible with all the rains

At least rain runs off into the ocean.   You have to push snow along.  :)

the thing is, the ocean is full, so now it doesn't run off anywhere, it stays, and it is harder and harder to find paths to walk that isn't below water

we are not completely under water, just a little, so it only bothers at times

Yuck!   Yes, we have problems with flooding here in Texas, too.   Some of our rainstorms are pretty brutal.

ooooh, swim?

Swimming on a road is awesome, people stare at one weirdly thought, but it's just so fun :)

I'm with you, Sue.  Bring on the snow.

Heh heh...with you Sue...it Rhymes...

Swimming in the streets is bad here, since that means the sewer overflowed.  ;)

aaaaand it snowed

it's -15 degrees celsius currently

it is coooooooooold

the too much water in frozen form isn't much easier to handle

Ouch!   You have my sympathies.   It's back up to about 20 degrees Celsius here, so I'm happy.

0,o

o,0

it

it's like summer, over there

It's so cold the cats go insane from inability to run outside, their paws freeze

Our weather has varied pretty crazily, from 20 Celsius to 0 and back again in a matter of a day or so.  Still, I can't really complain.

At least until the summer when it gets up to around 40 Celsius.

ah, the hottest my country has ever had, was... 33 degrees celsius

people died from dehydration, they forgot that sweating is bad...

*grins*  yes, it can be strange if you're not used to it.   Of course, people get dehydrated in cold weather, too.

We have head exhaustion and heat stroke down here a lot when it's summer time.

some things they remind on the news at times seem to me as uneccessary

*It's cold, remember to have extra clothes in your car if you get stranded
*it is summer, remember to eat salt and drink plenty, and not just beer
*it's spring, roads be dangerous cause of ice and water
*It's autumn, watch out for water on the road

like this, they run in news every year, on their season, and it's like, seriously people, we heard this one year ago, did you already forget?

*grins*   Well, of COURSE they forgot.    A harsh winter is like childbirth.    It's incredibly traumatic, but you try to forget about how horrible it was as soon as it's over.   Otherwise, no one would live up north.  :)

well no

but it's so beautiful

and well clothes can be used too, of course

*grins*  Yes, it's beautiful.    From indoors.   Or for JUST a moment before you go back indoors.    :)

don't be silly

walking in a sunlit snowy winter land, no matter then temp is awesome!!!

and one gets to feel like a dragon *Exhales steam*

*laughs*   Oh, I remember, but the novelty, for me at least, wears off very quickly.

I grew up with the cold, so I've had enough of it to last a lifetime.

I've lived in Finland all of my life, I know cold, and I still like it

and I will be moving to Norway, pretty far up in the country too, so it will be unusually cold, as in I move from one cold place, to an even colder one

*Grins*

When I've had enough, I'll move to a warm enough country I'll turn into a crispy bacon :)

Crispy bacon is Texas in the summer.   As a morning DJ said:  Temperatures like this in January are the reason we put up with evil heat in the summer.

but is Texas nice for my liberal ideals?

I've heard they have a thing of being a little "everything has to be done as it's always been done"

I just like to do things the fast and easy way, and well, so it'll stick, so I can invent new ways to do it

I was thinking Australia, but after I heard about the rabbit-problem, I'm not so sure anymore...

Try Austin, Texas
 It's a bit more expensive than the rest of the state, but it's like a Liberal Bastion,  an island of Progressive ideas in the ocean that is Texas.   Being the state capital and the home of several colleges.

Yes,  "Tradition" is key here, even if the tradition is stupid.   :)


And some parts are as dangerous as Austrailia, especially out in the wide open spaces, but some of the cities are nice.
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sounds interesting

Australia? as in big spiders and other dangerous bugs and critters?

*grins*  Yes, Australia, the home of 90% of the most dangerous land creatures and many of the most dangerous water creatures.

Though the people are nice.  :)
(of course, they probably are just because they need to depend on each other, to keep each other from being eaten by dingos or something)


Texas has some dangerous things, too, but in the cities, especially Austin, it's pretty nice.

I thought you were gonna say that the dingos grow beards in the cities, but no, they don't be in cities o,0

I might be beaten to a pulp if I ever ask that off a real bearded person thought, most bearded men look like they have muscles

The "rugged bearded man" is common, especially in Texas, but there are plenty of them who are skinny,  too
But I know what you mean.   The outdoorsy crowd love beards.

I wonder if it is cause it protects the face from sun?

I have always thought it was part of the reason at least

But I am but a woman...

In reply to CuteSue (msg # 276):

Probably a little bit of protection, but not much.   A bit like a full head of hair.

I think it's more about convenience, to have easier grooming,  as well as a delusion of looking tougher and more masculine.

well...

I shaved my hair off, and let me tell you, not having hair, sucked

My scalp got so dry it itched like crazy, and then I burnt it in the sun, and it itched even more...

Nevah again, I might shave it really really short, like 4 millimetres or so, but never all the way off, cue-ball... never again

The bald look is somewhat popular here, and most people who don't have beards have very short hair too.

Mine isn't long, maybe 3 or 4 centimeters, though that's considered a bit long for my job.
Still, I wear a baseball cap at work, since I remember getting sunburned on my head, too.   Ouch!!!!

Yes, having hair helps keep the scalp moist.  Who knew, right?   :)

well, it would be logical, there is something called greasy hair, this is hair grease, it is there to protect the scalp, but it also makes the hair look dirty, and really we shouldn't wash it out as perfectly as we do, it only means it will be more of it...

anyway, logically one should have known, but nooo... logic doesn't exist when one is trying new things, well, now we learned something new :)

*grins*   Any day in which you learn something is a good day.   :)


I used to have very long hair, but that's pretty much impossibly down here.  Still, I try to keep from having the buzzcut that many of my coworkers have.

ah, it is awesome with hair, it's so flexible

and well, buzzcuts are just lazy

The old fashioned guy attitude is that they don't want their hair to be creative.
*chuckles*

But it's all about laziness, too.

aaand buzzcuts rarely look dirty, it can feel dirty and smell awful, but it rarely looks dirty

or that's what my dad explain the buzzcuts on army people with, they rarely get to shower, so...

but yes, I have plans to let my hair grow to rapunzel length, don't think it's possible, but why not try?

Yes, many guys don't want to put a lot of work into their hair.

Repunzel length would be cool, but sadly the scalp can support only so much weight.   I'm afraid I might have caused my own hair to thin due to the long hair I used to have to my waist.

shaving it all off makes all the hair-s grow in same length

it feels and looks funny

and it made my hair ridiculously poofy at one time

I don't think the weight of ones hair has anything to do with if scalp can handle it or not, I think it is all genetics, but that is just my beliefs

so no one needs to get all fired up now

I've heard various things.    I think both theories probably have some validity, as with many opposing views.

I have this friend that has so sensitive scalp that it hurts for her to brush her hair

and hurts as in she cries

and she still has to have long hair, as it is prettier that way

this, is not logical to me

That sounds like more of a serious medical problem, rather than just caused by long hair.   Has she seen a doctor for it?

it isn't the long hair, she just has sensitive skin, really sensitive

and keeping a heavy mass of hair on top of it, or stuck to it, is just a little stupid

but oh well, it's her head-ache, not mine

There must be something she can do to make it less sensitive, but perhaps I'm just guessing.
That's too bad, really.

meah, she does it to herself, shorter hair would be less painful, but no...

ah, now I feel like I complain about everything

I went for a few hours walk today, weeeee

just walking around my new town, into alleys and learning to really find my way

Exploring a new town can be fun.  I try to do then when I move somewhere, too.

It's always interesting to find shortcuts and out of the way places.  :)

yes yes it is, I spent 6 hours walking

and today, I have slept for the entire day

I am such a lazy sucker

*grins*  after six hours walking, you deserve it.   I can barely do two hours.

I've been walking today, since midnight, up and down and up and down, and around

and I can't physically walk anymore, so now I have to be assaulted by my thoughts, and I don't want to think

Sometimes it's good to direct your thoughts in a certain direction.  I try to think of games, or plots for books.

well, it is hard to redirect ones thoughts when one is worried

I tried reading a book, and I think I managed to change my thoughts, by watching tv-series

ever heard of banshee?  I just watched the full first season, and it is odd

I heard of Banshee, and it looked interesting, I think, though I don't remember the preview well.
What was it about?

The story is, a thief is in jail for 15 years, and as soon as her gets out he goes to Banshee, and becomes a sheriff

and well, he had to steal an identity to do so, and then it is all about staying away from this bad dudes that he stole from 15 years ago, Ukrainian mafia

and it's just so fun to follow, but I so love this one character called Job, it's a male dressing feminine, but swearing like a sailor :)

I'm always interested in cross dressers and transsexuals on television shows, and Job looked very cool.  I saw a short clip and was very impressed.

I didn't get that from the clip I saw months ago, so maybe I'll have to track it down again.   :)

ah, so you watch true blood?

Cause they have a cross-dressing thingy going on with one of their characters, but I think he just likes the clothes, but yes

now when I think about it, all the cross-dressing characters I've seen, is always cursing and kicking ass...

Yes, I love the gay character from True Blood, Lafayette.   Though, you're right, he's more about being fabulous than feminine.

I think many people are still threatened by a feminine male characters, so they try to "beef them up".

I've never quite understood that, why we can't have males with feelings, without anyone feeling threatened about it...

But then again, it takes a real strong man to show feelings

aaaand I wonder what would happen if Lafayette and Job met

ooooooooooh, they both just so strong and awesome

*laughs*  Yes, that's the catch.   Men, especially in America, are taught to be tough and strong at all times, and emotions of any kind are thought to leave a man vulnerable.

Anger isn't bad, but Fear and Love are thought to be somewhat demeaning and cause a loss of masculinity.
There have only been a handful of men in the last fifty years who could cry without being ridiculed, unless it was something like the loss of a child or a sports championship.   :)

And I've never seen a good reason for hating homosexuality, but I've always suspected that it's because many straight men, taught to be stoic and unemotional, are secretly jealous of the way gay men can show emotions and be affectionate.


Also, I think that Lafayette and Job, because they are so much alike, would either be best friends, or HATE each other instantly.   I'm betting on the latter.

eeeeek, also, it is sad, but I realized

I'd have no idea how to react to a man that was crying, but then again, I have no idea how to react to a female that is crying

My dad thought I was the boy, as he never got a son, so I have been taught to never cry, which is hard, when one has more hormones than possible in the body, and then I think, why not disney

no shame in crying when disney

but seriously, what does one do? Hug? Walk away? Say something nice? Try to cheer up? Just sit there staring? Go get a hanky? Go get a movie? Cry with?

aaaaaaaaah, I need a book "How to deal with emotions and emotional people"

Men are taught since childhood not to cry, and that crying or being too affectionate is bad, and it makes them look like a baby, or a girl.     I was looked down on because I cried a lot as a child, so I repressed a lot of my emotions when I got older.

I tend to cry a lot now, especially at Disney movies, but it's not pretty.  :)

I had no problem with crying, until highschool

when it became a sport to get the little girl to cry

so I stopped crying, and started attacking instead

well, first I tried to hide all my emotions, got quite suicidal too, then I stopped being suicidal, and started attacking people, with a vengeance

How dare they!!!

I got teased a lot for crying when I was younger, and I wished that I could have attacked.  I was too non-violent, though.

I grew up on a farm, as the 'son' my father never had

so I have never quite grasped the finer points of how to be female

I am wayyyyyy too aggressive and loud

as in if a man asks me "are you PMSing or what" when I am in a bad mood... he done goofed

I also always wondered about that:
a) female is angry and in a bad mood, why do you ask her that?
b) are female supposed to always be sunny and happy and if they aren't it's cause their hormones are haywire?
c) poking the bear when she is pissed is smart, how?
d) Do not poke the bear!!!

and yesh, I am in bad mood cause I slipped and fell, not because I am PMSing...

Many man ask women that question because they want there to be a "reason" for a woman to be acting like that.  They want to have some control over the woman by being able to dismiss her anger as some random biological event, rather than trying to understand her feelings and perhaps their mistakes.

It's just another way to not take women seriously, I'm afraid.


I was probably the daughter my mother never had, though I tried hard to hide it.   I wasn't very good at being a boy, though I was good at faking it.

dismissing women...

muahahahahah, yay I get to kill more idiots

*Sharpens knife*

and also, it is good to grow up differently, one that is out of the 'stereotype' for once gender, somehow can think in a different way

can solve problems in many ways, has never been locked into just one way of thinking

I grew up but a somewhat conservative town, but I was always kind of a weirdo, not having the normal feelings about others,  like other races, genders, and other different people.     I left, though, when I could.

conservative, is just another word for being lazy

and I've been in a country where legally there is always two languages

it's just, the majority language hate  the one that is smaller amount, so they beat up that people a lot

I belonged in the smaller amount area

Fuck yes for growing up scared of an asswhopping just because one speaks the wrong language, even thought it is my legal right to do so...

America has a lot of that, too.

There's a lot of racism, still holding over from the Civil War over a hundred years ago.
There's bigotry and hatred all over, with people beating up folks that are different, all the time, though they work not to get caught.

Most of it is hidden, and harder to find, unless you get a lot of them together, like The Westboro Baptist Church, or groups of racists who beat up Muslims "for causing 9-11".

oh hidden

we had a politician say: Now we in power, let's beat up the swedish speaking people

and...

we got a little sad, and beaten up

Til police finally said, it was illegal to beat on us, after like a month...

Wow....that's pretty horrifying.   We have lots of politicians who say off hand racist, sexist and homophobic things.
Many people criticize them for it, but if their supporters (usually conservatives) feel the  same way, they don't get any consequences.

yeah, being outright illegal is bad

maybe you should make racism illegal, and stupidity punishable by 4 years in school... or somehting

Sadly, we have far too many people who say that the "right to free speech" means "I get to say and believe any stupid crap I want to" and we have a sad amount of people who feel that it's their right to be ignorant, and to force their opinions on others.

Racism is illegal, as is sexism, but the trick is catching it, since many people have worked hard to hide it as other things.

We're still working on making homophobia illegal.

freedom of speech, is having the right to say anything, but it assumes one has the brains to not be an idiot and actually spew things that are bad

aaargh, mindnumbing idiocy

Yes, many people get selfish and narrow minded, feeling that "freedom of speech" is only for them to say anything they want without any reprisal or consequence, but don't believe that others have the same right to criticize them.

Many of our religious people are like that.

sad tossers...

I have no problem with religion, I have huge problem with people that hide their own opinions by blaming it on a book, really just hiding behind it

and it is abusive and wrong, and they aren't really good religious people...

Yes, that's a huge problem in this country.   I bash religions a lot, but the truth is that most religious people don't really try to push any opinions (at least without being asked) on others.  However, they let the people who do be their spokespeople, and that bothers me.

The worst part (or at least in the top ten worst things) is when the religious people bully others and try to force their beliefs on the country, then have the gall to claim to be 'the victims of bullying' when people stop them.

Many Christians in this country actually believe they're being actively persecuted because they're not allowed to preach at people anywhere and however they want to.

hmm, maybe they should be taught what real persecution is then

send them to Syria, venezuela or why not north korea

there is war and danger

Yes, very true.   Many people in America, myself included, are very spoiled and have no idea what real struggle is.

We just have "First World Problems" and take our safety and freedoms for granted.

meah, the rate the world is going, we'll all be fighting something or other

we've been spitting on some parts of the world for too long, they are really pissed, soon dangerously strong too

So let's enjoy our small first-world problems as long as we can

yes, I am a worse-case scenario kind of person, extreme-weathers are here, to stay, because we polluted the world so much, and it is fighting back

I have a playful theory that the weather is its own living thing, and is a predator.  So everyone killed by weather are just 'eaten' by this predator.

I'm not much for the supernatural, but I can almost see The Earth fighting back against us.   Though I doubt that The Earth even notices us.


Still, you're right, a lot of our political mistakes of the past, especially in the middle east, are coming back to haunt us.

people is pissed off

and no, nature doesn't notice us, it changes and it's change will kill us all, cause it doesn't care

we are but a mosquito on natures radar

or maybe lice, mother nature is starting to get a lice-bath

consequences nice to see them, or not really, oh well, they deserve their pay-back, we will just have to live with that

In America, partly due to culture and partly due to the luck of having an ocean between us and the rest of the world, likes to pretend that nothing going on elsewhere affects us.

We've had a slip or two, though.

One would think that south-american chaos would scare you, venezuela is rather close

but no, it is on the other side of a pond too

I mean they are burning down the country basically, okay, they blocked twitter to keep from people finding out, but Anon unblocked it, so everyone should know

Most people here are sadly indifferent to many countries besides our own, and many Americans hated the last leader of Venezuela, so they probably feel that a bit of chaos there is a good thing.

and we feel that even Mexico is too far to worry about.

mexico I am surprised about really, they have very very rich drug-cartels, and one would guess that a country as in debt as USA, would slowly start looking at taking back that money

but I might be too logical, they don't have oil like the middle east did

hah, I come off like an evil european again

You're not half wrong, honestly.    America is trying not to invade our neighbor to the south, since they're an ally, but going down and confiscating all that drug money is a tempting idea.
Sadly, it wouldn't be worth all the trouble it would cost.  The cartels are too deeply intrenched.   It would be twice as bad as invading Iraq.

oh, so, invading Iraq is still on going...

so it'd be a 30 to 40 year war

okay, I see what you mean

don't go there, just let them deal with their own problems, and pray that the rich cartel leaders send some money your way, in way of buying american thingies

*smiles*  It's more like the cartels don't affect the average American yet.  When they do (like how the Texas - Mexico border is getting increasingly dangerous) then the USA might do something.   For now it seems like an internal problem so it's too much of like quicksand for us to get involved with.

ah, well, we will live in interesting times soon then

who wins and who swims

I might be naïve and even a bit in denial, but I presume that things will never get so bad that it means the end of civilization.   I believe we'll keep things even before that happens.

nah, civilization will go under in it's current form

but that doesn't mean that we die, it only means we have to re-invent being humans

stop using words like 'first world countries' and just pull everyone to the same level, the same civilization level

but that might just be me, hoping people can evolve

I'm more about presuming that people will evolve socially before there's any collapse,  rather than after.

Still, you're right about "first" vs "third" world.   Many people here are afraid of losing Americas status as a world power to China or others.

the sad fact is

we europeans think america is a third world country, as you have so much homeless people, and so many places abandoned due to being unable to pay their debts

so, it all depends on perspective really

*chuckles*   I can see that perspective.      America has a strong streak of individualism in it, and there can be an "every man for themselves" attitude about success, where being homeless or even unemployed can be dismissed as a personal failing of the individual, rather than realize that we should all do more for those less fortunate.

Capitalism is also good, especially lately, of convincing people that wealthy people are just better than others, and should be given more respect and freedoms.As if having wealth was proof of superiority.

getting money is hard, but you know what is harder?

keeping that money

So I see their paranoia, but I just don't understand why they expect better treatment because of it...

I have read how hard it is for homeless people to get work,and I see how hard it is for them to get away from being broke and homeless, because it is rigged to never get solved, unless someone steps in and helps...

even poor people have to pay bribes and "thank you"-monies for being given work

Sadly, we have too.much problem with people believing "it's not my problem" and doing nothing.

ah, you see, I used to think "Why doesn't anyone do anything, why doesn't anyone care???"

and then I came to the conclusion, I am part of 'anyone'

So now I care, I do things I thought people ignored and I make damned sure I give to people in need when I can

If I see someone hurt, fallen or generally in bad shape, I will try and help, I do not go near drunk men, I rather call an ambulance for them, I have my own security to think of.

we will need one victim, not two

so for now, I have managed to change my own way of thinking, hopefully I'll influence one or two other beings, and that is already much better than not doing anything at all

I'll admit I'm not as good at helping others as I'd like, though I try.   Perhaps it's time to step that up.

you do as feels best for you, being forced to step up your game, just cause someone on the internet tells you to

will only lead to you not wanting to do it, or feeling like it's work, or feeling like it is to impress someone

basically it will lead to not staying a permanent change

unless of course it's one of them old people, that do anything to get into heaven on the last years of their lives, they odd...

*smiles*  Yes, many people try to "make up for lost time" at the end of their lives.

I know I'll have regrets as well, of course.


Still, it's good to get a nudge, even from 'internet friends'.   :)

*nudges*

I want to regret only one thing when I go, and that is all the things I didn't do

I mean, we always have the choice to do things, and I will never want to not do something just because I am scared

I will use judgment and lack of funds to push them farther in the future, but never not do something, I will of course not be challenged to do something I do not want to do of course

I'll keep my eyes open for chances to step up a bit.   I'm pretty happy with my life as is, so I'm not planning to do anything radically different in the future.

my newest step up, is to study french, and then to try and read Shakespeare

we'll see what I do first, learn french or get the british dude...

Shakespeare would be easier, especially with a guide.   But French is fun, too.  And more useful in Europe than here in America, certainly.

All those languages might help you get a job, too.

ah I can see how, I'll walk in to a department store, see I know french, hire me

now I walk in and say, hire me please

and it isn't working

*smiles* I didn't mean that it would be THAT easy, silly.    But here in America, being bilingual or more is a good thing and looked well upon by employers.

yeah, you see, I do not know the norwegian language

I think that is why I can't get a job, but that might be too easily blamed

inability to speak the language where I try to get work

Sounds like a quest to me.   Or perhaps you could get a job where other "foreigners" are?

Hmm, I don't think they have that here, but I need to look into it

anything would be better than nothing

I'm no expert, but something involving tourism might work.

well, that depends fully on if I qualify for it

tourists usually want to find things, and what if I have no idea where that thing or place is?

*smiles*  It's a good excuse to learn, eh?   Plus, you would think like a tourist, rather than a native, so you'll be able to put things into perspective for them, without taking many things for granted that a person would who's been there all their lives.   :)

true true

I apply to anything that says I won't have to own a car, so if there is a place that look for tourist-related workers, I'll apply

Getting a car might be a good long term plan, but I wish you luck for now.